How to create a release in JIRA

Question

I am new to JIRA and looking for the release option to create release for my project. We want to do a release after sprint 5 and then a second release with few other stories after sprint 8 or 9. I have administrator access but still I do not see the Create Release option. I can see a create version option though but I am not sure if both would mean the same thing. Can someone please help me with this. Any lead or help would be really helpful. Thanks

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted Answer

Version is JIRA's equivalent of releases. When you see the "release" action, it is done on the JIRA version.

A project admin can create the versions. Users will see those versions in their scrum boards and while editing a story.

You can also create a release and move the stories to it directly from a Kanban board.